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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Gaultheria procumbens   FAMILY Ericaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gaultheria procumbens   FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Gaultheria procumbens

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Gaultheria procumbens

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-16-001:

Gaultheria procumbens   FAMILY Ericaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
Wintergreen, Teaberry


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image of Gaultheria procumbens, Wintergreen, Teaberry

USDA Forest Service / A Guide to Medicinal Plants of Appalachia. 1969    mpa_page_129

        

image of Gaultheria procumbens, Wintergreen, Teaberry

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_gapr2_001_lvd

        

image of Gaultheria procumbens, Wintergreen, Teaberry

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_gapr2_005_lvd

        

image of Gaultheria procumbens, Wintergreen, Teaberry

JK Marlow    jkm150424_689

April    Blount County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Gaultheria procumbens, Wintergreen, Teaberry

JK Marlow    jkm170414_655

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Gaultheria procumbens, Wintergreen, Teaberry

Tim Spira    tpsgprocumbens5

May        

The leaves and red berries are natural sources of oil of wintergreen, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011).

image of Gaultheria procumbens, Wintergreen, Teaberry

JK Marlow    jkm060711_120

July    Fayette County    WV

Babcock State Park

Solitary, white to pinkish, urn-shaped flowers hang from stalks, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011).

image of Gaultheria procumbens, Wintergreen, Teaberry

JK Marlow    jkm060711_122

July    Fayette County    WV

Babcock State Park

image of Gaultheria procumbens, Wintergreen, Teaberry

JK Marlow    jkm150912_143

September    Clay County    NC

Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District

Leaves crenate to crenate-serrate with deciduous bristle-tipped teeth, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Gaultheria procumbens, Wintergreen, Teaberry

JK Marlow    jkm0310g_28

October    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

Stems erect, the leaves 15-50mm long, clustered at the tip of the stem, per Weakley's Flora (2012).

image of Gaultheria procumbens, Wintergreen, Teaberry

Keith Bradley    kab_g_procumbens_8691

November    Stephens County    NY

Adirondack State Park

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Gaultheria procumbens   FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gaultheria procumbens   FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Gaultheria procumbens

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Gaultheria procumbens

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-16-001:
Gaultheria procumbens   FAMILY Ericaceae

 

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592

Shrub; Subshrub
Perennial

Habitat: Heath balds, woodlands, and openings, usually acidic and xeric, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in NC Mountains, uncommon in NC Piedmont & NC Coastal Plain (rare in GA & SC)

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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer
White/Pale pink
5-merous
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed urceolate or slightly campanulate corolla
8-10 included stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Red
Berry

 

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